John Driscoll has been cast in the role of Phillip Chancellor IV. His first airdate is July 16 when the character returns to Genoa City. Driscoll was last seen as Coop on Guiding Light.

GENERAL HOSPITAL

Bad boy, Mr. Craig (AKA Jerry Jacks) is making another visit to Port Charles this July. Sebastian Roché is heading back to General Hospital.The summer is expected to be explosive as Jerry causes some serious trouble in July.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

Michael Lowry, best known for playing Dr. Jake Martin on ALL MY CHILDREN from 1997-2000, has been cast in a recurring role on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. No first airdate yet. Lowry's other soap credits include Les on AS THE WORLD TURNS from 2004-2005 and Dr. Hillman on BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL in 2006.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Brian Frons, President, Daytime, Disney ABC Television Group, announced the new series recently picked up by SOAPnet and the return of the critically acclaimed BEING ERICA. HOLIDATE, originally a one-hour special, has now being expanded to a 10 episode series. Each hour-long episode features two women who switch lives and date men in each other's towns. The women will communicate with each other as they hunt for true love. Series premieres July 29.

BANK OF MOM AND DAD, based on a BBC series, shows what happens when mom and dad move in with their twenty-something and thirty-something daughters who are in financial hell. Financial expert Farnoosh Torabi helps each woman plan a road map for the future. Ten episode series premieres Sept. 30.

The second season of BEING ERICA,starring Erin Karpluck (pictured above)returns in early 2010.

Days of Our Lives has focused heavily on family storytelling for years. Their promotional ad this summer reflects family, relationships and love. It the perfect time of an ad like this as the 4th of July holiday approaches. Check out the latest promo from Access Hollywood.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Wally Kurth(pictured above) is returing to Days of Lives in the role of Justin Kiriakis. Kirth was also known to soap audiences for his roles on As The World Turns and as part of the legendary Quatermaine Family on General Hospital. Expect Kurth and Justin to set foot in Salem this August.

As her current soap sets to leave the air in September, Crystal Chappell will be leaving the Emmy winning Guiding Light to return to Days of Our Lives as Carly Manning.

Popular television actress Morgan Fairchild will have a guest starring stint on The Bold and The Beautiful this summer. She will share scenes with the show's mariarch Stephanie Forrester played by Susan Flannery.

Former Port Charles and General Hospital actress, Lynn Herring will appear on As The World Turns at the end of July as the mother of Henry, played by Trent Dawson.

Judi Evans Luciano, formerly of Days of Our Lives is set for headed for As The World Turns for a short term as well. She is set to play a character known as Maeve. Luciano's daytime resume is impressive having been on Another World and on Guiding Light. Look for the Maeve character to arrive sometime in August.

One Life To Live's JOHN-PAUL LAVOISIER shares his thoughts with Michael Fairman on the Gigi/Rex/Stacy storyline, on working with Bob Woods(Bo)and on if and when we'll ever find out who Rex's father is. Read the full interview at Michael Fairman Soaps.com Read the full interview here: JPL INTERVIEW

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

The Hollywood Reporter announced that Eddie Cibrian will be joining the cast of CSI: Miami when the show kicks off it's eight season this fall. He will play an officer from the Hollywood division that joins the Miami team. Cibrian, a series regular on Third Watch and most recently had a guest-starring role in Ugly Betty, was once in daytime, starring on the now defunct drama Sunset Beach. The eighth season of the series premieres on Monday, September 21 on CBS.

SOAPnet plans to look at Father's Day in traditional soap opera fashion when it airs a five hour marathon of Young & The Restless. The episodes will follow Genoa City residents Billy (Billy Miller), Cane (Daniel Goddard), Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) and Lily (Christel Khalil)as they re-live the saga of who's the daddy and who gets custody of baby Delia.

The View welcomes, Dancing With The Stars, Maksim Chmerkovsky, Benjamin Bratt, Joan Rivers, Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood on the program next week. Maks will be one of the contestants on the ABC summer show, Superstars premiering on Tuesday, June 23rd.

Emmy Winning ABC daytime drama One Life To Live is offering a look at bonus scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor. Videos and promos from all ABC soaps, All My Children, One Life To Live and General Hospital are available at abc.com

Congratulations are in order for Arianne Zucker (Nicole, Days of Our Lives) and her husband, Kyle Lowder (Rick, Bold & The Beautiful) are expecting their first child later this year. Her pregnancy will not be written into her Days of Our Lives storyline according to the shows executive producer, Ken Corday.

Often watched in syndication throughout the day on television sets across America, the popular 80s sitcom, The Cosby Show is still on the top of America's lists. According to The Harris Poll, the top dad that Americans would like to have had when they were growing up brings back memories of sweaters and college sweat shirts. Cliff Huxtable of The Cosby Show tops the list. Coming in at number two is the Beaver’s dad, Ward Cleaver of Leave it to Beaver, followed by Jim Anderson of Father Knows Best at number three on the list. Opie’s dad, Andy Taylor of The Andy Griffith Show is in at number four while David and Ricky’s dad, Ozzie Nelson of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet rounds out the top five. There's no word on whether Homer Simpson of The Simpsons or Al Bundy of Married With Children made the list.